Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, on the point of order: Senator Conroy has been directly relevant to the question that has been asked by Senator Hurley. Again, I raise the issue of using a point of order impermissibly to argue their case, if badly. If the opposition do not like the answer then they can simply not listen. But, in this instance, we are capable of asking a question and being directly relevant to it and that is what is happening here.